Education
Ph.D.: Ctr. for Environ. Biotechnol.,
Dept. of Microbiology
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
M.S.: Dept. of
Microbiology
Pusan Natl.
Univ.
B.S.: Dept. of Microbiology Pusan Natl. Univ.
Dissertation
• “Microbial and molecular basis of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon biodegradation in contaminated soils” (1996), Ph.D. Dissertation,
under the supervision of professor G. Sayler, Dept. of Microbiology, The Univ.
of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
• “Isolation and
characterization of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS) degrading bacteria”
(1989). M.S. thesis. under the supervision of professor H. Jun, Dept. of
Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
Honors and Awards
• Best Paper Award, 2023, Korean Society of Environmental Technology.
• Best Presentation Award, 2022, Korean Society of Environmental Technology.
• Best Paper Award, 2021, Korean Society of Environmental Technology.
• HK academic award, 2021, Korean Society of life Science.
• Best Paper Award, 2020, Korean Society of Environmental Technology.
• Excellent poster presentation prize. 3rd International Caparica Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions & Molecules (PTIM). Nov. 4-7, 2019. Caparica, Portugal.
• Best Paper Award, 2019, Korean Society of Environmental Technology.
• Best Paper Award, 2018, Korean Society of Environmental Technology.
• Best Poster Presentation Award, 2017, Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2017).
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Best Paper Award, 2016, The Society For Environmental Technology In Korea.
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Best Presentation Award, 2015, Korean Society of life Science.
• Best Paper Award, 2014, Korean Society of life Science.
• Best poster presentation award, The 8th intl. soil science congress - Land degradation and challenges in soil management. May 15-17, 2012, cesme-izmir, Turkey.
• Best Paper Award, 2010, Korean Society on Water
Quality.
• Teaching Award, 2010. International Environmental Project
Olympiad.
• Best Paper Award, 2005. The Korean hydrogen and new energy
society.
• Korea-British Government Scholarship, 2004. British Council and
Ministry of Sci. & Technol., Korea.
• Best Academic Book Award, 2003.
Ministry of Culture & tourism, Korea: Pollution and cleanup of
soil
environment. ISBN89-8225-373-4 (published in Korean).
• Completed the management course of science and technology, summer 2010. Supported by Natl. Inst. for Supporting Women in Sci. and Technol. (NIS-WIST).
Synergistic Activities
• Invited professor, Aug. 2017. Khon Kaen Univ., Khon Kaen, Thailand. Supported by Khon Kaen Univ.
• Visiting scholar, 2007. Wiseman Inst. of Sci., Israel. Supported by Ministry
of Sci & Technol., Korea.
• Visiting scholar, 2005. Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, U.K. Supported by British
Council.
Address
Dept. of Environ. Eng., Dong-A Univ. 840 Hadan-dong
Saha-gu Busan 604-714 Korea
Tel: lab,
82-51-200-5571; office, 82-51-200-7677.
Fax:
82-51-200-7683
e-mail: yahn@dau.ac.kr